Episode Details
Back to EpisodesMeeting forced online, spending reviews, and a planning ultimatum
Season 5
Episode 438
Published 10 months, 1 week ago
Description
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Threats of violence push a Council meeting online
- New alliances to tackle common issues
- MAV board election results are in
- Six NSW councils given an ultimatum on development assessment times
- The councillors pushing for spending reviews at their councils
- Attention turns to clean up across cyclone impacted communities
- Plus a new CEO appointment, a lord mayor elected to parliament, and a unanimous vote of no confidence in an embattled US mayor
Also today, Liz Joldeski from Mainstreet Australia on the link between place making and community safety.
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